Australia’s AI infrastructure program

Southgate is a long-term initiative to design and deploy sovereign, energy-aligned infrastructure for AI training and inference.

Australian Intelligence

Starting with a flagship Green AI Campus in Tasmania

What we build next doesn’t need to overpower the world, to power it. This build initiative will expand across the country, designed to last, scaled by need, supported by the industry.

Benefits

A phased approach

Southgate expands step by step, with each site aligned to regional energy strengths and national priorities.

Compute kept onshore

AI infrastructure delivered directly to Australian researchers, businesses, and government. No offshore dependency.

Energy-aligned design

Facilities sited where renewable capacity already exists, reducing grid strain and transmission loss.

Efficiency by default

Liquid-cooled, modular AI Factories minimize water, land, and energy use without performance trade-offs.

Scalable manufacturing

Standardized modules built fast, replicated across states, and upgraded in step with GPU roadmaps.

Industry at scale

Infrastructure that creates lasting jobs across energy, construction, compute, and emerging AI fields beyond hype cycles.

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Southgate Tasmania

Australia’s first Green AI Campus

Location

Launceston, Tasmania

Capacity

36,000 GPUs (Stage 1A + 1B)

Power

Firmed Tasmanian hydro, wind, solar

Water

99% less than  traditional cooling

PUE

< 1.10  primarily DTC cooling

Partners

In Northern Tasmania, we’re delivering Southgate’s flagship project: a purpose-built, large-scale AI facility designed for power efficiency, water minimisation, and world-class performance.

Infrastructure repurposed

Built on industrial land once used for heavy manufacturing—now powering sovereign AI infrastructure.